CAMEA Bulletin – News from Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (November 6, 2025)

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Afghanistan

1. At least 20 dead after magnitude-6.3 earthquake hits Afghanistan

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jrw12d3edo

2. India ramps up support after Afghan quake, vying with China for influence

https://www.dawn.com/news/1953123

3. Pakistan’s Defense Minister Claims Consensus on Afghan Policy

https://tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan-196405

4. No pact with US which allows Washington to attack Afghanistan: Pakistan army

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/no-pact-with-us-which-allows-washington-to-attack-afghanistan-pakistan-army/3734223

5. Demand to end terror from Afghan soil ‘non-negotiable’: army

https://www.dawn.com/news/1953061

6. Pakistan’ s ceasefire with Afghanistan will be ‘over’ if cross-border attacks continue military

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2621307/pakistan

7. Afghanistan-China Trade Hits $745 Million in Nine Months

https://tolonews.com/node/196393

8. Pakistan, Afghanistan to resume talks amid tensions over border clashes

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/30/pakistan-afghanistan-to-resume-talks-amid-tensions-over-border-clashes

Middle East

9. Exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s request to buy F-35 jets clears key Pentagon hurdle, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/saudi-arabias-request-buy-f-35-jets-clears-key-pentagon-hurdle-sources-say-2025-11-04/

10. Drinking water in Tehran could run dry in two weeks, Iranian official says

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/2/drinking-water-in-tehran-could-run-dry-in-two-weeks-iranian-official-says

11. Iraq can only disarm militias once US troops leave the country, PM says

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-will-be-able-disarm-militias-when-us-troops-leave-country-pm-says

12. Trump to host Syria’s al-Sharaa for talks at White House in November

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/2/trump-to-host-syrias-al-sharaa-for-talks-at-white-house-envoy-says

13. Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/egypts-vast-1bn-museum-to-open-in-cairo-after-two-decade-build

14. Israel puts off signing $35 billion gas deal with Egypt, prompts US energy secretary to cancel visit

https://apnews.com/article/israel-egypt-gas-deal-us-energy-secretary-c5ae862a3f9898a6b1b225196181ab71

15. Pakistan, Qatar discuss trade, investment opportunities

https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Nov-2025/pakistan-qatar-discuss-trade-investment-opportunities

16. Baghdad voices support for disarmament of PKK terror group

https://www.trtworld.com/article/fba9ae09ac14

Africa

17. RSF digging mass graves in Sudan’s el-Fasher to ‘clean up massacre’: Expert

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/4/rsf-digging-mass-graves-in-sudans-el-fasher-to-clean-up-massacre-expert

18. Nigeria pushes back on Trump’s claims over Christian killings

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/4/nigeria-pushes-back-on-trumps-claims-over-christian-killings

19. How Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan went from reform to repression

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251104-how-tanzania-president-samia-suluhu-hassan-went-from-reform-repression

20. Trump Cuts Refugee Admissions and Prioritizes White South Africans

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/trump-refugee-admissions-white-south-africans.html

21. As criticism grows, is UAE ready to walk away from Sudan’s RSF militia?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/04/sudan-rsf-militia-uae-united-arab-emirates

22. Jihadi fighters affiliated with al Qaeda close in on Mali’s capital, as instability grows across Sahel region

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/02/africa/mali-security-fuel-shortages-intl